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COMBINED TELEPHONE AND PAGING SYSTEM 14 She'e'hs-Sheet 13 Filed Dec. 16, 1947 l l l I i FR. LAMBERT) F. D. iV/TTERAUER A Tram/Er Patented Feb. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE COMBINED TELEPHONE AND PAGING SYSTEM Frederick; R. Laniberty, l'tockville Centre, N. Y., and Franklin D. Nitterauer, Minneapolis, Minn; said Lamberty assignor to'Bll Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated; New York, N. -Y.', a corporationof New'Yorlr, and-said Nitterauer assigner to American Telephone'an'd Telegraph Company, a corporation ofNew York Application'Deoember16, 1947, Serial No; 791,970

14 Claims. 1, This-invention relates to combined registry and paging systems.

It is the object ofthis-inventiont'o simplify andotherwiseimprove' large capacity combined registry and" paging systems of the type which complement, and are'-coordinatedwith telephone communication facilities serving large business organizations, hospitalsand similar institutions.

In accordance with-the present invention combined registry, paging and communication iacilities are providedfor' the key personnel or" a large institution; suchas a hospital, and the regular private branchexchange switchboard at the hospital is utilized" as a control point, at which all locating andora-l paging operations are initiated, and as an observation point at which the presence and location in the building of any of thepersonnel covered'by the system may be visually indicated, at the will of the switchboard attendants, through the media of lamp signals. To this end each individual, (doctors, nurses, cliniciansyetcfi or"registrant coveredbythe system of this invention is identified at the exchange switch-bcard'by meansof an individually allocated' lamp signal having multiple appearances at the att ndants? positions in the exchange. The lightedpondition' ofsuch lamps-serves to inform" the switchboardattendants that the corresponding registrants are onthe premises and have placed themselves on call. The darkened condition of such lamps is indicative of the fact that the corresponding registrants'either have notregistered'in or have terminated their stay in the building.

In accordance with a feature of the'invention the hospital" building is" divided into sections, zones, or-areas each iden'tifiedby a numerical designation, and means'in the nature of lamp signals located on' the exchange switchboard, are

provided and are operable in various combinations'to identify each of the said sections, zones orareas; More particularly; th'e 'section-identifying signals-comprise two series of lamps correspon'ding respectively to the units and tens digits of the tWo-dig-itnumericaldesignations as-- signed to' the-varioussections" into which the building is conveniently divided For example,

on the switchboard of-a building-which is di'vide'd into sixty sections,-- each identified by a twodigit designation; there are provided one-seri'esof ten*lamps individually corresponding to l the units digits 1 to- 9 and zero; and 'a second group of six lamps individually corresponding to the tens-- digits 1 to' eg muuslve. m y two lain'p'signals, on'e ineach of the two groups; when simultane oi" the'No. 5 tens-lamp and of the No. 6

ously light'ed-incident'to the completion of a loeating operation initiated by an exchange attendant, identify the designation of a particular section, zoneor area; For example, the lighting units lamp identifies the section No. 56. 1

Inaccordan'ce with another feature of themvention each registrant covered by this system is assigned a-different registry number, such as No. 234, andeach-se'ction of the building is provided with facilities whereby the registrant may dial his particular registry number as he enters the various sections.- In accordance with regulations allregistrants' are'required to dial their registry numbers as they enter any section of the building-and as they depa'rt'f-rom the buildmg,

register circuit, of information pertaining tothe section in which the registry number has been dialed. As the registrant progresses throughthe building arid' repeats the dialing of his registry numberin each section, the information stored in the registercircuit is altered so as to pertain to the section in which the registrant has last dialed his registry number. This information is always available to the switchboard attendant and may be translated at the switchboard into a visual indication of the designation of thesec- -tionlastdialed'in by a registrant should the atmadam have occa'sion to determine the whereabouts of the particular registrant;

try number from the exit section, or station,

causing his corresponding registry lamp at the private branchexchan'ge switchboard to be extinguished as a signal to the attendant that the registrant isno longer available.

In accordance" with a further and related feature of the invention a private branch eX-- change 'atten'dant'upon' noting the lighted condltion of a particularregistrants registry lamp,

indicative of the registrants presence on the premises,may ascertain the location of the registrant by originating a connection at the switchboardandby dialing thereovertheregistry nunrber'of the registrant to be located. This operation, through the medium" of a locating connector circuit}translates the information stored in the re'g'istrants individual register circuit into a visual indication of the'nuinerical designation of the section in which the registrant last registe'red. For exampleif the attendantisseeking th'e loc'ation of a registrant whoseregistry nurn;

be'r-is 234, shenoteswhether or'not the regis This dialing operation by a registrant causes the storage, in an individually allocated When a registrant leaves-the building he dials his registrants registry lamp is lighted and if it is lighted she inserts her cord plug into the jack terminal of a locating connector circuit and dials the digits 2, 3 and 4 corresponding to the registrants registry number. As a result of this operation and assuming the registrant had last registered in section No. 56, two lamps, the N o. 5 tens lamp and the No. 6 units lamp, of the section display lamp equipment mounted on the switchboard light as an indication to the attendant that registrant No. 234 can be reached in section No. 56.

A still further feature of the invention contemplates means whereby a private branch ex-- change attendant may orally page any registrant in the section in which the registrant last registered. More particularly, the attendant under these circumstances, dials the particular registrants registry number to control the setting of a paging connector and actuates a paging key to connect a paging transmitter to the connection completed by way of the paging connector. The dialing of the registrants number causes the paging connector to automatically seize a paging channel or trunk extending to the section in which the registrant has last registered and to render available one or more loudspeaking receivers in the section for the receipt and broadcasting of any paging message she may wish to transmit.

Another feature of the invention contemplates facilities whereby, in an emergency, all sections of the building may be orally paged in simultaneously.

Still another feature of the invention provides means whereby any registrant is automatically paged in the section in which he last registered in response to the initiation of a call to the registrant by anyone having knowledge of the registrants call number. To this end each registrant is assigned a call number which corresponds to his registry number preceded by the digit 2. Thus the call number of registrant No. 234, for ple, is 2-234. When such call number is dialed from a local telephone station by a person desirous of communicating with registrant No. 234, the system functions automatically to visually and/or audibly page the particular registrant in the section in which he last registered.

A related feature or the invention contemplates the provision of means whereby a registrant, after having been automatically visually and/or audibly paged in any section of the building may communicate with the person who instituted the paging operation by dialing, from any convenient station, his own answer number which corresponds to his registry number preceded by the digit 3. This operation results in the completion of a telephone connection between the calling station and the station employed by the registrant in answering the paging call.

Registrants covered by the system of this invention may have fixed or roving assignments in the hospital and certain registrants having roving assignments may also have a telephone allocated to them. In this latter case a registrant may spend a considerable portion of his time in the hospital at one location and the remaining portion in visiting various sections of the building. The one location at which a considerable portion of the registrants time is spent would be furnished with a telephone which is individually allocated to the registrant. In accordance with a still further feature of the invention provision is made whereby all calls directed to such a registrant will be received at the location equipped 4 with the registrants telephone, unless the registrant, upon leaving this location, preconditions his line circuit in such a manner that the incoming call manifests itself in a visual and/ or audible paging of the called registrant in the section of the hospital in which he last registered.

A further feature of the invention enables a private branch exchange attendant to silently page any registrant who has placed himself on call. In accordance with this feature each dialing station is provided with a register lamp which is lighted at the conclusion of a dialing operation by a registrant as an indication that the equipment has functioned to register his location. This lamp ordinarily is lighted steadily. In order to silently page a registrant the private branch exchange attendant operates a hash key associated with the register lamp corresponding to the registrant to be paged. This operation substitutes a source of intermittent ground for the steady ground in the circuit which controls the operation of the register lamp at the dial stations so that when the registrant next dials from a dial station the register lamp thereat, instead of lighting steadily, will flash as an indication to the registrant that the private branch exchange attendant wishes him to contact her. By operating a flash key before a registrant has checked in the registrant will be silently paged as soon as he registers at the entrance.

These and other features of the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description when read in connection with the acconipanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 illustrates a registry selector circuit A which is individual to a building section, zone cr area, such as section No. 56, and which is seized when a registrant operates a section dial Hill in accordance with his, or her, three-digit code, or registry number. To the left of the figure is shown a section dial circuit which includes the dial 1 00, a busy lamp signal llll, and a register lamp l2l. The lamp It] provided with a red cap, operates when the section dial is moved off normal. In practice there may be more than one section dial circuit for each section and the lamps l8! thereof are connected in multiple so that when the dial at any station in the same section is moved off normal the lamp in! at each dial station of the section will be lighted to indicate, at each dial station, that the register equipment individual to the section is in use. In the upper left portion of the drawing are shown loudspeakers l2'l and 128 and a section amplifier E29 connected to the section paging channel, or trunk PL over which registrants may be audibly paged in the section N0. 56. At I32 is shown an indicator which is used to display, in section No. 56, the code or registry numbers of the registrants when such registrants are visually paged in section No. 56.

Fig. 2 shows a registry connector circuit B which serves two hundred register circuits C (Fig. 3). While but one registry connector, serving a group of two hundred register circuits, is shown it is to be understood that a plurality of such circuits is provided in practice and serve the same group of register circuits so that it is reasonably certain that a registrant will, at all times, have access to an idle connector serving the group in which the registrants register circuit C appears. A relay lock-out chain circuit comprising such relays as 253, 209, 240 and 241, is provided so that if two or more registrants dial simultaneously the registrations will be set up in the register circuits one at a time. A relay 222 is multipled to all reg- 5; istry. selectors. A. having. the-.same units digit: ex.-.. cept the switch controlled rrom. the exit station; This relay serves. to identify, in the cross [bar switch CBgof the individualregisten circuits, the. units. digit of. the .section at which a registrant. is registering.

Figs 3 illustrates. a single register circuit C, there beingone suchcircuit for each registrant. having a roving assignment; Such acircuitemploys several relays .302, 303, and-3 0.4; and a vertical oniacrosslbarswitch CB to-.register the.numerical designationofthe section from whichthe corresponding registrant is dialing. Relays 4302', 3.0.3 and 3M serve toregister the tens digitofthe section.- designation and: are operated l in: various combinations by a.relay,such as relay I I5, in the registry. selector. or, sectionswitch A. The'units'. digit. of the section.designationis.registered in the. crossbar switch CB b means-ofxa 'holdlmage net3fll5. and one, of .ten select magnets such as..224, the, latter being controlled fr m the. relay 2 22. and. the .iormer from ;a relay 30;! which identifies the terminalappearance of; the register circuit. Cin the register connector circuit B. The holdj mage neti 305 andlselect magnet, such as .224, ,function in the.- well known manner,topcrosseconnect switch points such as are indicated at 308 and 3,09, The holdm c 13.0.5: and th p r cular. co ina ion" ofrelays 3.82;: 3173,,andv 394,;operated, arelocked undericontrol o:f re1ay;3ll.l :so-that a section registrationds stored inthe register circuituntil the registrant again registers from a; diiferent sec-, tion. The, informationdn the register circuit is thus; stored yior subsequent use; in locating, and pagingthe particular registrant to whom the register circuit C isal'lo cated Fig, 4.Sh0WS a locating connector LC by means of; "which a .private branch exchange attendantmay automatically locate arregistrant in the'section in; whichhe lastregistered; a pagin connectQhPC by; means of which the attendantmay. orally pageselectively in any section; an :emergencyipaging circuit EP :by'means of which an at:- tendantm-ay. page. in all ;-sections simultaneously; section dis-playlamps, at the .attendants position which are controlledzfrom .the locating-connector LC and serve tovisually identify-the section in which are istrant has last registered; and a display rela circuit which controls, the operating circuits for the section display-lamps.

Fig-. 5, is a-section finder SF which functi-onstQ- locate the various sectionsin-which a registrant may-have lastregistered, and to selectively connect the audiblepaging equipment1oi l fig s to. such sections.

Fig fi is an; identifier switch ,ID; which runetions automatically to locate, the called,line...o1 a,

particular registrant when a callto-the registrantds originated at a local, extension-station,

Fig 7 illustrates a registrants line circuit-terminating multiply. in -the ibanl; terminals of an answeringconnector switch (Fig. 11) o fa calling connector switch (Fig. 10), a line finder LFv and Ma k-l Figs. 8, 9 and 12 show-the-=pa e.--controlvcircuits and paging system on this; invention; and of: the.

various. circuits which itiincludes- Fig. 15 is a block diagram showinghowthesew. eralfigures of the, drawing ar.e to be assembled to effect a complete working system.

In the detailed; description which. follows; it. is assumed that. the combined; registry: and-paging. system disclosed in;the .drawingszis installed in a,

. large hospital whichisaconvenientlydivided into sixty separate. sections zones-:01. areas, into. some or, all ,of; which :the. members. of the hospitalper. sonnel, such. asdoctors, nurses,- clinicians, etc;.-,

are'calledzupon ,to visitzduringtheir; tours of duty:- inlthezinstitution. A number:ofrtheseimembers'; will progress. from-section -.tosection and-rare said! to. have roving assignments; while. others; Int-Ly, be located in one section duringtheirstayin:the institution andz-are said: to have fixed assignments. The sixtysections-into which .the hospitala is. divided. include; an" entrance section; conveniently situatedainthe hospital'rlobby, or insome other. location through .which ,all members;- of the hospital personnel :enter the building,- andsan :exita.

section through which :the memberszpass when; leaving the. building. Each member; ofz'the personnel who isis covered by the combined registry andpagingsystem isassigned ;a registry numben consisting of three digits 1. and, ES a registrant enters each section-heq-is obliged =to:dial his :regis:

try number. For; the convenience of the. -.regis.-. trantseach is providedzwith one or, more: suitably located wall type telephone dials. by means of 1 v which theregistrant' may dial :hi's .reg-istry. number. Located at eachzdial station .are two. signal; lamps one a section busy lamp andthe other a; register lamp. Moving; the, dial; 'ofi normalz? lights the sectionslousyr lamp at each-of the: dial; appearances in the section .to indicate ntoothero registrants Y. that the; particularsection equipment is busy. The lighting-of I theregister-lamp after. the dialing operation has; been 'completed.serves; to appraise the registrant that: thezregistration. has been recorded- In the following description-.it will :be assumed:

further that=a..-registra-nt whonhas been assigned: the registry 1 number 234 -has entered the-institution and afterhavingdialed his number in the entrance section, haspassed through-a number of other sections repeating the dialing operation in each section -and=has now entered section-No; 56. rise result of the-first dialingoperation in thelobby of the building theregisterJampeOll 'sh'OWn in the drawings'associated with the registry circuit (Fig; 3) which is individuallyallocated to-- registrant'No. 234, will be lighted at' theprivatebranch exchange switchboard; thus indicating to the attendants thereat" that registrant No. 23%:

trolled by a hold magnet '305 associated with registercircuit C individually allocatedto registrant No. 234 and this magnet,.among.otherfunctions,

serves to. store information, in. .a crossbar switch,

CB and virrrelaysfiing 303. and...3ll4,. pertaining; to

thev section. in which. registrant Not-23.4 has-lash.

registered. In the present assumed case, the registrant No. 234 is to register in section No. 56 after having last registered in section No. 55, for example. Under this condition magnet 305 will be operated as will also lamp 300 and relays 302 and 304, which relays, as will appear presently, serve, when operated together, to identify the tens digit "5 of section No. 55 at which the registrant last registered.

Registrant No. 234 registers in section No. 56

Upon entering section No. 5 6 registrant No. 234, in accordance with hospital regulations, proceeds to the nearest dial station and actuates the dial I in accordance with his register number. As soon as the dial I00 is moved off normal the section busy lamp IOI is lighted in an obvious circuit. All other section busy lamps (not shown) in section No. 56 are also lighted in multiple with lamp IOI to indicate to other registrants who may wish to register from the same section that the section equipment is busy and they should wait until it becomes idle.

Relay I02 in the register selector circuit A, which is individual to section No. 56, operates in a circuit extending from grounded battery, armature and back contact of release magnet I03, winding of relay I02, lower normal contacts of spring switch I22, normal make-before-break contacts of relay I04, contacts I23 of vertical offnormal switch VON, conductor I25, off-normal contacts of dial I00, to ground. At its front contact and armature relay I02 completes an obvious operating circuit for slow-to-release relay I04 which circuit finds ground at the back contact and second armature of relay I05.

Relay I04, operated, opens the original energizing circuit for relay I02 and places relay I02 under the control of the pulsing contacts of dial I00. The pulsing circuit may be traced from the alternate make-before-break contacts of relay I04, to ground at the pulsing contacts of dial I00 by wa of the third armature and back contact of relay I05 and conductor H3. At its middle armature and front contact relay I04 prepares an operating circuit for vertical magnet I00, which includes battery and ground, windings of vertical magnet I00 and of relay I01, front contact and middle armature of relay I04, back contact and armature of relay I02, back contact and second armature of relay I05 and ground.

As the dial I00 is released and returns to normal, the pulsing contacts thereof are interrupted twice in accordance with the hundreds digit 2 of the registrants registry number 234. Relay I02 follows the dial pulses and at each interruption of the pulsing contacts vertical magnet I00 is operated in series with relay I01. The vertical magnet accordingly operates twice to step the registry selector switch A to the second level in the multiple bank. Relays I04 and I01 are slow to release and hold operated between dial pulses, relay I01 operating on the first impulse from the dial.

On the first vertical step of the shaft of the registry selector A the vertical elf-normal springs VON are operated in the well-known manner. At the lowermost alternate contacts thereof ground potential is connected to the conductor I25 which is connected to battery and ground through the filament of lamp IOI so as to maintain the section busy lamps, such as lamp IOI, lighted. At the middle alternate contacts of springs VON an operating circuit for release magnet I03 is prepared, and at the uppermost alternate contacts of switch VON an operating circuit for relay I08 is completed. This circuit may be traced from groiuided battery, winding of relay I03, uppermost contacts of switch VON, armature and front contact of relay I01, innermost armature and front contact of relay I04 to ground. Relay I08, operated, prepares an operating circuit for rotary magnet I09.

At the completion of the dialing of the digit 2, relay I01 and vertical magnet I06 are deenergized. With relay I01 released relay I08 remains locked up under control of the rotary magnet I09. The locking circuit for relay I08 may be traced from grounded battery, winding of relay I08, uppermost alternate contacts of switch VON, armature and back contact of rotary magnet I09, uppermost armature and front contact of relay I08, to ground by way of the back contact and second armature of relay I05. Relay I01, released, completes the operating circuit for rotary magnet I09 which extends from grounded battery, over the winding of rotary magnet I09, front contact and inner armature of relay I08, normal- 1y closed contacts of relay I01, innermost armature and front contact of relay I04 to ground.

The operation of rotary magnet I09 causes the registry selector A to hunt for an idle registry connector such as B, in the well-known manner. Relay I00 releases upon operation of magnet I09. If the first connector is busy the sleeve terminal IIO corresponding thereto will have ground potential connected thereto from the second armature andfront contact of relay 200 of the busy connector. This ground shunts the winding of relay I05 which is in series with the winding of relay I00, thereby preventing relay I05 from operating while permitting relay I08 to reoperate. When relay I08 reoperates, the rotary magnet I09 is again energized and reoperates. This reoperation of magnet I09 continues until an idle sleeve terminal is encountered by the corresponding selector brush I I1. When this occurs the absence of ground potential permits relay I05 to energize in series with the winding of relay I08. Relay I05 operates but relay I08 does not operate since it now receives insufiicient current.

Assuming that the illustrated connector (Fig. 2) is idle, the selector brushes H2, H4, H1 and IIS will come to rest on the corresponding bank terminals I20, H8, H0 and H9, respectively. With relay I05 operated, as described, the conductor III is extended over the fourth armature and front contact of relay I05 and over the back contact and upper armature of relay II5 to selector brush I I2, while conductor I I3 is extended to the brush II4 over the third armature and front contact of relay I05. At its outermost armature and front contact relay I05 connects one terminal of the winding of relay I I5 to the selector brush I I0. At its third armature relay I05 opens the operating circuit to relay I02 so that this relay releases. Relay I02 releases relay I04 which prepares the release magnet I03 for operation. Relay I04 remains operated for a short interval of time and holds ground potential connected to the selector sleeve brush I I1.

It is to be understood at this time that the first level of selector bank terminals LL is assigned to connectors serving the first hundred registrants, that is, registrants whose registry numbers are 100, 101, 199, and the second level UL is assigned to connectors serving the second hundred registrants whose registry numbers are 200, 201, 299, so that when the digit 2 of the registry number 234 is dialed the-Selector switch brushes H2, 1 l4, Ill and H6 will engage the corresponding bank terminals of the upper level UL. The registry selector circuit of Fig. 1 thus serves two hundred lines.

Relay 20 I in the seized registry connector B now operates in series with brush-selecting relay 202 in a circuit which may be traced from grounded battery, winding of relay 20!, left windingof relay 202, bank terminal H8, brush H4 of selector A, front contact and third upper armature of re-- lay I05, conductor H3, pulsing contacts of dial I00, to ground. Relay 20 I, operated, causes slowto-release relay 200 to operate in an obvious circuit which includes the terminal strappings and brush of time switch TS.

The length of time any registrant may hold a registry selector switch is limited to several secends and may be varied by changing the strapping of contacts on the time switch TS. As long as relay 200 is operated, ground potential is intermittently applied to the winding of rotary magnet 220 to cause the magnet 229 to operate accordingly and step the time switch. The operating circuit for magnet 229 may be traced from grounded battery, winding of magnet 229, back contact and left armature of relay 228, right armature and front contact of relay 200, interrupter 221 and ground. Rotary magnet 229, under control of interrupter22l, advances the brush of timing switch TS one step per second toward the unstrapped bank contacts. If the various subsequent; registration operations are not com-- pleted in the allotted time the time switch opens the operating circuit for relay 200 and causes the release of the selector in the following manner. With relay 200 released, ground is removed from the sleeve terminal H which ground was holding relay I operated. When this ground is removed from the selector sleeve terminal, relay I05 releases and causes release magnet I03 to operate. The operation of release magnet I03 permits the selector shaft to return to normal position in well-known manner. When the selector shaft reaches its normal position, the circuit to release magnet I03 is opened at the middle 21- ternate contacts of vertical off-normal springs VON, and the circuit to the section busy lamp I0! is opened at the lowermost alternate contacts of springs VON. Lamp [0! at the dial station of section No. 56 is thus extinguished as are also the corresponding lamps at other dial stations in the same section.

When relay 200 operated, as previously described, ground at its outermost left armature and front contact is connected to the sleeve terminal H0 of selector switch A and thence over the sleeve l ll to hold relay I05 operated. Ground at the middle left armature and front contact of relay 200 serves as a holding ground for the brush selecting relay 202 which relay is locked operated over its lower winding, front contact and first armature.

Assuming that the switch TS does not time out to release selector A, the registrant dials the second digit 3 of his register number 234. Relay releases on each interruption of the dial contacts and upon each release thereof the vertical magnet 203 operates in a circuit extending from grounded battery, over winding of magnet 203, winding of relay 204, contacts 295 of vertical off-normal switch VON, front contacts and innermost left armature of relay 200 to ground by way of the back contact and armature of relay 20!. Vertical magnet 203, operating,

steps.

.10 causes the connector switch shaft to rise one step each time relay 20l releases. Thus the switch shaft is stepped up three steps in response to the dialing of the-digit 3. Relay 204 operates in series with the vertical magnet 203 and,'at its armature and front contact maintains the continuity of the pulsing circuit when the vertical off-normal switch VON operates on the first vertical step of the switch shaft by transferring the conductor extending from the back contact of the pulsing relay 2501 from con- 'tacts 205 to contacts 206 of the springs VON.

When the three pulses representing the digit 3 of the registry number 234 have been dialed and the connector B has been stepped up to the third level, relay204 releases and transfers the pulsin circuit to the rotary magnet 20"! through the winding of relay "208. Relay 201 then follows the dial pulses resulting from the dialing of the third digit 4 of the registrants number 234 and causes the rotary magnet 20! to operate and 'to rotat the switch shaft four Relay 208 holds operated during the-rotary pulsing. The connector brushes 226, 2 l1 and 22 l which were selected when relay '2fi2 operated, now rest upon corresponding terminals "221, 2l6 and 220 which are associated with register circuit C individually allocated to registrant No. 234.

When the rotary pulses cease, relay 208 --releases and at its inner armature and back contact establishes a circuit from grounded battery, over resistance 2"], rotary off-normal contacts 2H, lower armature and back contact of relay 2|2, winding of chain relay 209, to ground by way of the lower normal contacts of chain relay 213. Relays 2E3, 209, 240 and 241 constitute a chain circuit which is provided so that if two or more registrants should dial simultaneously, the registrations will be set up on the cross bar switches, one of which is shown at-CB (Fig. 3), one at a time. Relay 209 operates in thecircuit previously traced and causes relay 230 to operate in a circuit extending from grounded battery, winding of relay 230, front contact and upper armature of relay 209, upper back contacts and armatures of all the preceding chain relays, such as relays-240 and 24! to ground.

Upon seizure of the registry circuit C in the manner described, relay 30! associated therewith operates in a circuit traced from grounded battery, over winding of relay 30 connector bank terminal H6 and corresponding brush ZlI, front contact and third armature of relay 202, back contact and inner upper armature of relay 2|2, front contact and third armature of relay 230 to ground. When relay 230 operated as previously described, relay H5 in the registry selector [circuit A operated in a circuit which'may be traced from grounded battery, winding of relay "H5, front contact and outermost armature of relay I05, selector brush H6 and corresponding bank terminal H0, second armature'and 'front'contact of relay 230 to ground. y

Relay 301, operated, opens "the holdingbircuit for hold magnet 305 and transfers its circuit to the front contact of select magnet 224 by way of conductor 225. As hereinbefore indicated, hold magnet 305 would have been operated due tothe registrants previous registration in section No. 55; relays 302 and 304 would also have been onerated and held operated under control of hold magnet 3535. These relays and magnet operations had caused to be stored in the cross bar switch CB information to the effect that registrant No, 234 had last registered in section No.

11 55. Now, in response to the registrants dialing his registry number at a new section, section No. 56, hold magnet 305 is deenergized, as described, and causes the release of relays 302 and 304. The release of these switching devices is necessary in order that the information as to the location of the registrants number 234" which is stored in the registry circuit C may be changed in accordance with his new location in section No. 56.

At its outermost armature and front contact, relay 301 causes grouping relay 218 to operate in an obvious circuit. At its second, third and fourth armatures and front contacts relay 301 connects the operating windings of relays 302, 303 and 304 to the armatures of grouping relay 218. With relays 301, 115 and 218 operated, relays 302 and 304 reoperate from ground at the lower armatures of relay 115. Since the registry selector circuit A is allocated to a section in the 50-group of sections which includes section N0. 56, relay 115 is provided with but two armatures for the control of tens relays 302, 303 and 304 of the registry circuit C so that only relays 302 and 304 are operated to record the tens digit of the section No. 56 at which registrant No. 234 is registering. This information is stored in the registry circuit for subsequent use in locating registrant No. 234 as will be described hereinafter. Relays 302, 303 and 304 are controlled from the various registry selector circuits, or section switches A in such a manner that if the registrant is dialing from a section whose tens digit is 1 only relay 304 is operated; if from a section the tens digit of which is 2 only relay 303 is operated; if from a section whose tens digit is 3, relays 303 and 304 are operated; if from a section whose tens digit is 4, only relay 302 is operated; if from a section whose tens digit is 5, both relays 302 and 304 are operated; and finally, if from a section whose tens digit is 6, relays 302 and 303 are operated. The relays 115 of the various section switches A will, of course, be provided with one or two lower armatures depending upon the section to which their corresponding switches are allocated, and their armature contacts will be connected to the armature contacts of grouping relay 218 in predetermined combinations to cause corresponding operations of relays 302, 303 and 304 incident to the seizure of a corresponding section switch A.

In the present case in which registrant No. 234 is dialing from section No. 56, relays 302 and 304 are operated as previously indicated. When hold magnet 305 released incident to the operation of relay 301, relay 219 in the registry connector B operated in a circuit traced from grounded battery, winding of relay 219, front contact of innermost armature of relay 230, outermost armature and front contact of relay 202, connector brush 221 and the correspondin bank terminal 220, back contact and inner armature of hold magnet 305, to ground. At its outer armature hold magnet 305 opens the circuit to the registry lamp 300 causing this lamp, which is located at the private branch exchange switchboard to be extinguished. This darkened condition of the register lamp 300, which lamp is assigned to registrant No. 234 will be altered immediately so as to be relighted as will appear as the description progresses.

When relay 219 in the connector B operated, relay 222 operated in a circuit extending from grounded battery, resistance 223, upper armature and front contact of relay 219, front contact and outermost upper armature of relay 230, selector terminal 120 and brush (12, upper armature and front contact of relay 115, conductor 130, to ground through the winding of relay 222.

Relay 222 controls the operation of ten cross bar switch select magnets such as 224, each of which corresponds to the units digit of the section to which the register selectors such as selector A are allocated. The operation of relay 222 in the present case causes the operation of select magnet 224 which identifies the units digit 6 of the section No. 56. It is the combination of select magnet 224 and hold magnet 305 which supplies information to the registry circuit C as to the units digit of the numerical designation of the section in which registrant No. 234 is dialing his registry number. The hold magnet 305 now reoperates in a circuit which is traced from grounded battery, winding of hold magnet 305, front contact and first armature of relay 301, conductor 225, front contact and armature of select magnet 224, to ground. At its outer armature hold magnet 305 causes register lamp 300 to be relighted. At its inner armature and front contact hold magnet 305 completes a looking circuit for relays 302 and 304.

Relay 212 in the connector circuit B now operates in a circuit which may be traced from grounded battery, winding of relay 219, front contact and inner armatur of relay 219, winding of relay 212, front contact and middle armature of relay 200, it being understood that the reoperation of relay 305 removes the short circuit from relay 212 which then operates in series with relay 210 as described.

Relay 209 in the connector chain circuit now releases since its holding circuit is opened at the back contact and lower armature of relay 212; relay 30f also releases since its operating circuit is opened at the back contact and inner upper armature of relay 212. Relay 301, released, releases relay 218 and opens the operating circuits to relays 302 and 304 which relays are now held operated under the control of hold magnet 305, it being understood that when relay 301 releases, the locking circuit for hold magnet 305 is reestablished.

The release of chain relay 209 causes relay 230 to release and to open the operating circuit to relay and to relay 222, these relays thereupon releasing their armatures. Relay 222, released, releases the select magnet 224 (Fig. 3). With relay I15 inthe section switch A released, the register lamp 121 is lighted in a circuit extending from grounded battery, filament of lamp 121, conductor 111, fourth upper armature and front contact of relay 105, back contact and upper armature of relay 115, selector brush I12 and terminal 120, outermost armature and back contact of relay 230, outer upper armature and front contact of relay 212, second lower armature and front contact of relay 202, connector brush 226 and terminal 221, key 306 to steady ground. The lighting of lamp 121 at this time indicates to registrant No. 234 that the registration has been completed.

During the dialing of the code 2-34 from section No. 56 the timing switch TS associated with the registry connector circuit continues to operate under control of rotary magnet 204 just so long as relay 200 is held operated. When the dialing operation has been completed the switch TS continues stepping until its brush moves onto an unstrapped terminal. When this occurs the operating circuit for relay 200 is opened and 

